Desná is a municipality and village in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Desná | |
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Coordinates: 49°48′27″N 16°13′27″E / 49.80750°N 16.22417°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Pardubice |
District | Svitavy |
First mentioned | 1293 |
Area | |
• Total | 4.78 km2 (1.85 sq mi) |
Elevation | 455 m (1,493 ft) |
Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 374 |
• Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 570 01 |
Website | www |
Desná lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Svitavy, 41 km (25 mi) south-east of Pardubice, and 133 km (83 mi) east of Prague.
Demographics
editYear | Pop. | ±% |
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1869 | 523 | — |
1880 | 539 | +3.1% |
1890 | 538 | −0.2% |
1900 | 533 | −0.9% |
1910 | 516 | −3.2% |
1921 | 507 | −1.7% |
1930 | 473 | −6.7% |
1950 | 318 | −32.8% |
1961 | 383 | +20.4% |
1970 | 350 | −8.6% |
1980 | 375 | +7.1% |
1991 | 357 | −4.8% |
2001 | 334 | −6.4% |
2011 | 320 | −4.2% |
2021 | 373 | +16.6% |
Source: Censuses[2][3] |
References
edit- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Svitavy" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 3–4.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
External links
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